Screw-driver.



S. H. WIESEDEPPE.

SCREW DRIVER.

APPLICATION FILED PELZO, 1906.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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A SIMON H. WI'ESEDEPPE, or OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON.

SBEW-DRIVER.

To all whom'it may "concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON H. Wrasnnnrrn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olympia, in the county of Thurston and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Screw-Drivers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to screw drivers, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple, inexpensive device of this character wherein the tool will be maintained in proper engagement with the screw during operationof inserting or removing the same, one wherein the screw will be properly guided during the driving operation, and one in which the screw receiving sleeve will yield readily as the screw advances into or is withdrawn from the wood.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a screw driver embodyingthe invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken centrally therethrough.

Referring to the drawings, 1. designates the stem or shank of the tool provided at its forward end' with a head 2 having a sharpened engaging portion 3, there being fitted upon the rear end-of the shank a han- Y dle 4: fixed against rotation by means of a metal cap plate 5 secured in place by fastenmg members or screws 6 and having a central non-circular opening to receive a non-, circular portion 7 of the shank.

Shdably disposed upon the forward portion of the shank 1 and limited in its 'outward movement by means of a shoulder 8 formed by "the rear end of the head 2 is a tubular screw receiving member or sleeve 9 in which the head 2 is normally housed, said sleeve which may slide freely upon the shank.

and head being normally pro ected beyond ber or screw 12 extended transversely through the latter and pressed to projecting position under the action of an expanded spr1ng 10 coiled upon the shank and having bearing at its ends respectively against the forward end of the handle 4 and the rear endofthe sleeve. j v

Applied aroundthe shank l and'housing the spring 10 is a tubular protecting member "or casingv 11 fitted at its "rear end 'upon the forward-portion of the handle 4 and attached to the latterby means of a'connect ng mem- Specification 01 Letters Patent. Application filed February 20, 1906. Serial No. 302,004.

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the casing, handle and shank 1, it being 0bserved in this connection that the screw serves in conjunction with the cap plate 5 to fix the handle against rotation on the shank, and further,'that the sleeve 9, which is fitted at its rear end in the forward end of the casing 10, will be properly guided in its movements by means of the casing, shank and head 2.

By passing the screw 12 through the shank 1, handle 4, and casing 11, the casing is rigidly held on the handle and the handle rigidly held on the shank, and the screw forms the sole means for preventin the handle from being drawn longltudinal y off the shank. The screw cooperates with the plate 5 to prevent relative turning of the handle and shank. In case theplate oshould become detached, the-screw Wlll still hold the parts together so that the screw driver will not be rendered useless. Anotherimportant feature is the arrangement of the screw whereby :the head of tl 1e same can serve as an index for ascertaining the. position of the sharpened edge or screw-engag .ing blade 3 of the shank. In other words,

the sharp edge is always parallel with the screw so'that the operator will be enabled to readily place the screw-engaging blade in the slot of a screw.

In practice, the sleeve 9 W111 be normally I projected beyond the tool head under the action. of spring 10 and when it is desired to employ the tool for driving a screw the lat-' ter is introduced into the forward portion of the sleeve and the sharpened portion 3 prop erly engaged with the tool seat in thescrew head. The tool is then manipulated as usual and as the screw enters the wood the sleeve 9 which bears at its forward end upon the sur-- face of the latter will be pressed backward into the casing 11 and the spring 10 consequently compressed. If the tool be employed for removing a screw the sleeve will as the screw leaves the wood be pressed outward by the spring and be thus maintained inproper mizes liability of thesharpened. end 3 becomcontact with the wood and in position for v ios .in-g disengaged from the screw and wholly prevents the tool,'should such disengagement occur, from comin in contact with and mar-"1'10" f By reason of the particular organizatio ring the surface 0 the wood.

and relative arrangement of the tubular casing 11, theshank 1 with its cylindrical enlargement 2, and the sleeve 9 withits internal shoulder, the sleeve 9 has a close sliding fit uglon the enlarged ortion 2 of the shank 1 w ile the internal shoulder of the sleeve has a close sliding fit on the smaller portion of s the shank 1, and said sleeve also has a close to the'hand e which together with the tubular casing 11 forms the stock of the screw driver.

This is roductive of a practical'and mechanical too for the pn Lose described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A hand screw-driver comprising a handle,

a tubular casing fastened to the handle and forming therewith the stock of the screwdriver, a screw engaging shank fastened within the handle and extendin through the tubular casing, sai shank hav- 7 ing a cylindrical endportion of relatively larger diameter forming an annular shoulder located within the plane of the extremity of said casin a sleeve embracing said larger portion 0 the shank and arranged to be elengthwise sco e with a close sliding fitinto said casing an also rovided at its inner end with an internal s oulder which cooperates with the annular shoulder of the shank to limit the outward movement of said sleeve, said sleeve havin a close slidin fit on the lar er rtion 0? the shank whi e the internal s on der thereof has a close sliding fit on the smaller portion of the shank, and a spring housed within said casing and serving to press the sleeve outward until said shoulders meet.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. SIMON H.'WIESEDEPPE.' Witnesses; g g

C. H. GRULERSON, HUGH Ross,- 

